CONTEMPORARY ART CRAFTS Philippine Contemporary Art in the Regions 1 Contemporary Art Crafts Welcome to the ninth module of the course on Philippine Contemporary Art from the Regions. For this chapter, we will discuss art crafts made by contemporary artists. In this chapter you will be able to familiarize yourself with the different contemporary art crafts in different regions. You will be able to identify and compare these contemporary art forms. You will also learn how to describe and analyze these contemporary art forms. You will be able to classify and compare these art forms and research on them. You will also learn the guide in how to describe and appreciate these art crafts. Culture in the Arts Artists are able to show their feelings, ideas, perspective, views about life and reactions to issues through art. And as artists are part of their culture and society, their experiences within their culture and society are also reflected in their art. In this sense, art objects have cultural significance, of which the artist is a part. Being part of their culture and society, their experiences are objectified in their carvings, chants, dances and other art forms. Artists materialize a way of experiencing and bring a particular way of thinking out into the world of objects, where others can look at it. These arts, in any form, represent what is meaningful to a group of people or culture. Although art crafts in the Philippine regions have retained many elements that characterize the locality from which they come from, folk arts have evolved to satisfy the changing local and global demands. Crafts in the contemporary times in the Philippines are in the form of bags, mats, textile, baskets, footwear, ceramic pot, clay pottery, jewelry, metalwork, to name a few. Some of the materials used are pandan (seagrass), coconut leaves, abaca buri (palm), piña, shell, or bamboo. Contemporary Expressions Inspired by Folk Arts Folk arts are pieces produced by indigenous people, which are for practical use and also as decoration. It uses plants that are abundant locally, like pandan, buri, abaca, piña, or bamboo. Therefore, different places specialize in their own folk art. For example, in Ilocos, they have the inabel weave and the handwoven binakul. Abaca is most dominant in the Bicol region and is used to make sandals, bags, rags and handicrafts. Samals of Sulu makes woven buri mats. Pandan leaves are dyed green and then buri strips are interwoven with the base design in Samar.
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CONTEMPORARY ART CRAFTS
Philippine Contemporary Art in the Regions 1
Contemporary Art Crafts
Welcome to the ninth module of the course on Philippine Contemporary Art from the Regions.
For this chapter, we will discuss art crafts made by contemporary artists.
In this chapter you will be able to familiarize yourself with the different contemporary art crafts
in different regions. You will be able to identify and compare these contemporary art forms. You
will also learn how to describe and analyze these contemporary art forms. You will be able to
classify and compare these art forms and research on them. You will also learn the guide in how
to describe and appreciate these art crafts.
Culture in the Arts
Artists are able to show their feelings, ideas, perspective, views about life and reactions
to issues through art. And as artists are part of their culture and society, their experiences within
their culture and society are also reflected in their art. In this sense, art objects have cultural
significance, of which the artist is a part. Being part of their culture and society, their experiences
are objectified in their carvings, chants, dances and other art forms. Artists materialize a way of
experiencing and bring a particular way of thinking out into the world of objects, where others
can look at it. These arts, in any form, represent what is meaningful to a group of people or
culture.
Although art crafts in the Philippine regions have retained many elements that
characterize the locality from which they come from, folk arts have evolved to satisfy the
changing local and global demands. Crafts in the contemporary times in the Philippines are in the
form of bags, mats, textile, baskets, footwear, ceramic pot, clay pottery, jewelry, metalwork, to
name a few. Some of the materials used are pandan (seagrass), coconut leaves, abaca buri (palm),
piña, shell, or bamboo.
Contemporary Expressions Inspired by Folk Arts
Folk arts are pieces produced by indigenous people, which are for practical use and
also as decoration. It uses plants that are abundant locally, like pandan, buri, abaca, piña, or
bamboo. Therefore, different places specialize in their own folk art. For example, in Ilocos,
they have the inabel weave and the handwoven binakul. Abaca is most dominant in the
Bicol region and is used to make sandals, bags, rags and handicrafts. Samals of Sulu makes
woven buri mats. Pandan leaves are dyed green and then buri strips are interwoven with the
base design in Samar.
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Folk arts have evolved in the different regions as they have been influenced by
globalization, new techniques aided by technology, global aesthetic, and market demand.
For example, the banig is made from pandan and were traditionally woven into sleeping
mats in its natural color. Now, different types of banig are produced in different colors and
are designed with flowers, birds, or geometric shapes. They are not just used for sleeping
mats anymore, they are also used for making bags, wall decors and throw pillow cases.
The contemporary expressions inspired by folk arts are as follows:
Woven products (textile, fabrics and clothing) Locally and globally, our woven products are being used for clothing, bags
and accessories and they are based on folk art and design. More people are able
to recognize and appreciate our products and this provides more employment
and encourage development and sustainability of the art craft industry.
With modern technology, fashion designers are able to make the very
texturized quality of our local products better for comfort and style. They have
been successful in bringing our local fabrics to the fashion industries and to the
global consumer market.
The Barong has been around since the Spanish rule in the Philippines. The
fabric was made of piña, jusi, abaca or banana. Variations of the original
barong have been created by contemporary fashion designers and can now also
be worn by women. There is a variety of embroidery design and they come in
different colors, like red, blue, brown, yellow and green. The “polo barong” is
another variety, which was designed to be worn at work. It has short sleeves